Persistent diarrhea in the returned traveler

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 489-501

  Thielman, N M ^a   Guerrant, R L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICAL SPRUE;

EID: 0031828398     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70015-5     Document Type: Article

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